John Doe wrote:

David Maynard nospam private.net wrote:


John Doe wrote:


Mxsmanic mxsmanic gmail.com wrote:



John Doe writes:



The real reason it remains the dominant operating system, as has
been explained many times before, is because of network effects
and a positive feedback loop.

If that is the real reason, then it cannot be a result of
anything that Microsoft has done.


All Microsoft had to do was sell Windows and allow pirates to
steal it.

ROTFLOL


Just a troll.

Which, even if true, doesn't alter the fact that your post was one of the
most hilarious things I've seen in a long time,


Message-ID: 11mm0ukht2piv15 corp.supernews.com

David Maynard wrote:
"The Netscape matter is interesting because they began by giving
their browser away..."

David Maynard conveniently forgets his own writing less than 24
hours old.

Didn't forget a thing, pal.

Assuming David Maynard's claim is true (is anything he says fact and
not just agreement with his personal opinion?) about Netscape giving
Navigator away is true,

You can try obfuscating it all you want but it is a matter of record that
Netscape was free.

it is no different than allowing pirates to
steal Windows and later putting the squeeze on us (think Windows
Product Activation WPA).


Microsoft never did such a thing. Netscape did.

How's that for a 'difference', eh?